Key Lime Pie
Ingredients
- 1 tb unflavored gelatin (1 env.)
- 1/2 c sugar
- 1/4 ts salt
- 4 egg yolks
- 1/2 c lime juice
- 1/4 c water
- 1 ts grated lime peel
- few drops green food color
- 4 egg whites
- 1/2 c sugar
- 1 c heavy cream, whipped
- 9-in baked pastry shell
- pistachio nuts, chopped
- lime slices for garnish
- heavy cream, whipped, to top
Instructions
Servings: 6. Thoroughly mix gelatin, 1/2 cup sugar, and salt in saucepan. Beat together egg yolks, lime juice, and water; stir into gelatin mixture. Cook and stir over medium heat just till mixture comes to boiling. Remove from heat; stir in grated peel. Add food coloring sparingly to tint pale green. Chill, stirring occasionally, until the mixture mounds slightly when dropped from a spoon. Beat egg whites till soft peaks form; gradually add 1/2 c sugar, beating to stiff peaks. Fold gelatin mixture into egg whites. Fold in whipped cream. Pile into cooled baked pastry shell. Chill till firm. Spread with more whipped cream; edge with grated lime peel. Sprinkle chopped pistachio nuts in center. Garnish with thinly sliced lime placed in whipped cream mounds around edge of pie.
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